Rob Thorsby Fort Worth, Texas (ex Madchesterite)

Hi John,
I’m an ex pat now residing in Texas and revisited my old haunt, Rochdale over Christmas.

On the way to the Cask and Feather (another of my old haunts) I showed my wife the old Cargo studios and told her of the bands that recorded there over the years. Being a yank and into that 70’s/80’s British scene she was all over it.

It brought a tear to me eye seeing it in the condition it’s in now and I just stood there in the piss pouring rain reminiscing about all the classic bands that recorded there.

I bet you had a tremendous time working with bands that really did change the face of music then and are responsible for the sound that many bands adopt today.

One day I would love to invest in that place, open it up as a cool wine bar with old recording equipment and memorabilia of all the bands that frequented the once great Cargo studios. That place deserves to continue standing.

Keep flying the flag buddy. Great website.